Vombatus

noun

Vom·​ba·​tus

vämˈbätəs,

-bātəs

: a genus of mammals comprising the common Australian and Tasmanian wombats and being the type of the family Vombatidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of English wombat

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